Painting [realia] : George H. Thomas. 1870-1878.

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Painting [realia] : George H. Thomas. 1870-1878.

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Oil on cardboard portrait portrays General George H. Thomas, a distinguished Civil War general. Silas Martin painted the portrait between 1870-1878 as part of a series of twelve studies. This was a head study and the sixth in the series. The painting is not signed, but there is a label on the back.

1 item ; 31.1 cm x 36.19 cm.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7113344

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Martin, Silas.

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Silas Martin (1841-1906) was born and raised in Westerville, Ohio, a small community north of Columbus. He studied with noted portrait painter John H. Witt, who is remembered for the numerous Ohio governors' portraits he painted. Martin served as head of the art department at The Ohio State University from 1898 until 1906. One of his most famous and devoted pupils was fellow Ohioan George Bellow. From the description of Painting [realia] : Olive Loring Martin. 1875-1885. (Ohio Histor...

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...